Horizons Q&A

Fappin tossed off an interview with Artifact about Horizons: Empire of Istaria, its soon to be released massively multiplayer role playing game:

Why (in your opinion) do these kinds of fantasy worlds lend themselves better to the MMORPG world then say a non-magical world.

I don't know that they do to be honest. There have been non magical MMPs launched that are doing well, perhaps not returning all the money spent on the project, but successful in subscriber base and existing community. I think in the next few years there will be some non-magical products launched that may surprise the industry. But I will also say this. Players that play in a magical fantasy world enjoy the role-playing aspects and the fantastical, if that's a word&#Array; no, anyway the fantastical display a magical world delivers. It's a break away from the every day meat grind.